F100 Short Bed Conversion Pt.1 

I like both. Long bed owner myself. Maybe one day yall will convert so many Long beds to short beds, long beds will be rare and of value 🤣🤣

Not a fan of short bed conversions, but I give you credit for the way you shortened the bed. I did auto body for over 20 years and this is one of the best versions I have seen so far. Great job. 👍

Suggestion If you want to save all the extra work of matching and welding that floor seam what I do is drill out the crossmember spotwelds and slide the floor right to front and redrill the two bed bolt holes and weld crossmember back up with new spot welds. You have to drill out and remove the extra couple crossmembers anyway.

A short bed on average will be more valuable than a long bed. I'llgive you that. However, once you cut/hack them from long to short the value then becomes subjective and depends on the reputation of the builder or the desperation of the uninformed buyer. Given the expense of having to pay someone to do this work and then sell it after. It is unlikely the cost of the work would be recovered with the "increased value" of a shot bed over a long bed. Even if it is then kept in a bed "batch work" patina form. Short beds look sportier, that's the main attraction. There are too many hack job cv swap short, c-notch, short bed conversions out there asking unrealistic prices. Power to them, I'll keep my long bed.

Imo a lowered down long bed looks so much better and have a much nicer stance and style and is much more useful as well as being way more harder to find!! Just depends on how you look at it!!🤔🙄

If yall do come out with that plate and reinforcement kit that would be cool

Good stuff. I'm a fan of the short bed myself.

His angle head skills are amazing

Great tutorial! I’ve got a 70 F100 long bed and I’ve been thinking of doing this but I may go with the Schlong bed 7’ kinda right in the middle

As an outsider from Australia were i have no idea on values of these trucks, but plenty of experience in old school steel bumper vehicles. the long beds look much better i don't see the attraction to short beds. But either way great work on the actual conversion.

I love short beds . . . For driving around, however for WORK, long beds are the call

I like how you wasnt all about 100% precision, these trucks had all kinds of inconsistencies in gap, lengths, squareness and all back then. If you cant see something wrong by eye it was good for trucks, looks good man cant wait to see the EV progression.

Great looking job!

Not a fan of short bed fleetside but I love the short bed step side and I love long beds

Great work!

Question??? I have always heard it was better to "Z" a frame when you cut one down and weld it back together. Curious on what you all thought.

Long beds all day. Short bed step sides look good.

I have a 71 f100 short box 4x4 , a 72 short box 4x4 F100 Ranger and a 68 f100 short box flairside 2 wheel drive that is the 5th truck built in 68 and it has 67 dash and knobs etc . 67 body mounts etc

Others are on the other side of the fence… Short beds are inadequate because you can’t do anything with them.. A truck is a truck & meant for haulin’ and most everything fits inside your long bed, your dirt bike/ motorcycle, your camper, your moving cargo not to mention lumber. a long bed and looks better because of the longer wheelbase.

This makes my long bed go up in value 🤣👍

Pretty nice!!!

I've wanted to do this to my f100

Nice work like it original but have to say looks cool I have a short bed sport custom 71 barn find Saludos amigos desde baja California CCC

I like both but no way would I cut a long bed. Mine will stay long.

I had a cannery yellow 68 f100 6 3 on the colum crome west coast mirrors and crome bumpers with baby moons she was a short bead back then.

It's also good to have the long box truck, I don't know why there are stupid people who say that the short ones are better than the long ones, in reality they are the same, both are trucks 🤷🏻‍♂️

Long beds for life baby! Keep making them shorties it’ll only bring up the value of the long bed🤘

Awesome video! Would this apply to a 64'?

Just hold out till long beds are rare and all the new craze then cash in. 😉👍

Is that Andrew Calkins looking impatient in the background at 5:35? I recognize him from such shows as Finnegan's garage, where he worked on Finnegan's C10.

I’m thinking of shortening the frame on a ‘75 F250 Camper special, it’s two tone with the wider mirrors, HD springs… both rear corners top to bottom have dents like from hitting a trailer while turning… so i’d have to replace/transplant both corners from a spare bed (short) so it would be plug&play after shortening the frame. Share your thoughts guys. I’m doubting. I would sell it anyway.

For me a long bed is more valuable, we fill up trucks with dirt bikes, 4 wheelers and wood. pretty much very thing.

I think you should have done the Z cut on the frame

Great work but that dude @ 8:26 makin me nervous. Hand on the trigger with the disc against his wrist. Yikes.

I mite have a stupid question but is it possible just to get a donor short bed and cut my frame only. I want to do a short bed truck but with half the work.

In brazil doesn't exist long beds, so I decide make one

If you want a short bed why don't you just purchase one instead of going through all the hassle of cutting up a long bed. I prefer the long beds over short beds.

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I prefer the long bed myself.

Why does everyone leave 8" of bandsaw blade showing to cut 1/4" plate? Easier to loose your arm i guess.

I own an original 69’ short bed but previous owners had a flat bed on it. It is nearly impossible to find real short beds, should I cut down a long bed or keep searching and keep the flat bed?

How much does this run for? i have a 1972 f250 long bed that i want to make short bed

The short bed trucks are more available than the long been in the short beds are more a lot more money than a long bed

Why so many different tools for 4 basic cuts ?

Maybe I missed it but is that a cv swap in the front?

How much would this cost to do?

There goes the value of a truck to 🗑 trash!

Like my 4x4 long bed rides snoother

Well i guss a fish plate is ok but id much prefer a Z notch

You said fake patina looks horrible....But overall is a FAKE short bed ..Just love Ford Trucks long beds , shorts beds .

What the fuck patina that's the new word for rust fuck all that I like a nice shiny slick paint job !!!!

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Why would someone pay more for less truck

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I like the long bed I cuz you can put the toolbox in it and you can put your four wheeler in it I do not like short beds I'm a cowboy I don't want a long beds it's good and what are you doing I'm not going to do it to my truck I like how it is

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Short bed only way to go, only thing a long bed is good for is shorten to a short bed

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Why not take the time and stay consistent with where you cut the frame on each side…. Right off the bat can tell you don’t take any pride in what you do .

Noooo, gotta keep the long bed 😔

I agree a short bed truck is more valuable than a long bed but that's not what you will end up with. You will have a truck that was converted from long to short. That's very different from a short bed truck when it comes to resale.

I gotta admire your work and methodology, but lowered short beds are kinda dated at this point. I'm no purist, but my truck gets lower when I put 10 sheets of plywood in there and I can still close the tailgate

Haul some plywood in a short bed. Or is it a trailer queen that can't get dirty

All that work, and the front wheels and tires look like crap.

If you can't put a sheet of 4x8 plywood into the truck and close the tailgate, it ain't a real truck.

How to make your truck more valuable cut it in half No hate I loved the video it’s just a joke

Long beds are better than short beds. Short beds are the barbed wire tattoo of the car world.

Short beds look better, long beds ride better.

If you can't fit 8 foot sheets of plywood it ain't a real truck

The amount of cope is strong in these comments.

No proper measurements will cause bad fitment and possibly bad tracking issues once completed, these guys should know better than that.

Cutting a long bed MF making it a short bed is dumb. Short beds don’t look good and the limit the function of your truck. The only thing worse would be to lower it too!

Lowered trucks look like shit. Might as well throw a rock through a stained glass window.

wasted time and energy in an otherwise great project

From a classic to ghetto trash....

If this kid thinks he’s gonna in the value of this truck by cutting the frame he is mistaken. The VIN still says it is a long bed. Now it is a long bed with an an altered frame.

Real longbed is way better than a fake shortbed